Paleontology

Interview

Max Langer: How prehistoric life forms are classified

Paleontologist explains what makes a reptile a dinosaur and explains why the origin of these animals is so hotly debated

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The First Land of the Dinosaurs

Many of the oldest known fossils of these reptiles, which lived 230 million years ago, have been found in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, on the border of Argentina

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The day the dinosaurs died

A discovery is helping researchers understand the events that followed the huge meteorite impact that hit Earth 65 million years ago

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Evolution

The origin of the butterfly

Studies based on gene and fossil analysis estimate that butterflies emerged between 120 and 100 million years ago

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The horned crocodile of Acre

New fossil belonged to the 31st known species of a group of reptiles that lived in South America between 23 million and 5 million years ago

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Dinosaurs probably originated in Southern Brazil

Paleontologists talk about characteristics and origins of dinos | 10'59"

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225-million-year-old long-necked dinosaurs

The fossils of three specimens of a new genus and species of herbivorous dinosaur have been found in the state of Rio Grande do Sul

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The gregarious habits of an herbivorous reptile

Researchers from the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul found an assemblage of fossils from at least six different Dinodontosaurus individuals

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Fossils on the move

3D reconstructions highlight new characteristics of crocodiles and dinosaurs that lived millions of years ago in Brazil

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Brazil’s National Museum in Quinta da Boa Vista

Brazil’s National Museum in Quinta da Boa Vista, Rio de Janeiro September 3, 2018

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Evidence of the union of two supercontinents

Calcareous rocks in the northeastern state of Maranhão contain fossil records of the oldest plant groups in Brazil

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Rare dinosaur sold for €1.13 million

An auction lead to a discussion about the recent trend of treating fossils as works of art

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The first beaked bird

A bird that lived between 95 million and 84 million years ago is helping scientists learn how the beak evolved

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GEOLOGY

The rain that united two forests

Periods of heavy rainfall between 120,000 and 12,000 years ago may have connected the Atlantic Forest to the Amazon

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More people in the rainforest

New archaeological sites and evidence of plant domestication support the idea that pre-Columbian Amazonia was densely populated

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GEOSCIENCES

Scars of a cataclysm in Central Brazil

Rocks found in the states of Mato Grosso, Goiás, and São Paulo reveal earthquake and tsunami caused by a meteorite some 250 million years ago

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Shelter for giants

Extinct for 10,000 years, ground sloths and giant armadillos may have built the largest paleoburrows ever discovered on Earth

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Pterosaurs were born unable to fly

Pterosaurs were born unable to fly

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Fossils on the move

3D reconstructions highlight new characteristics of dinosaurs

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PALEOBIOLOGY

More than met the eye

Fossilized burrows suggest complex organisms arose before the Cambrian

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The Pampas under the microscope

The Pampas under the microscope

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Disappearance of megafauna from Lagoa Santa

Disappearance of megafauna from Lagoa Santa

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careers

Dr. Bone Collector

Orthopedist Herculano Alvarenga became a paleontology specialist

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Geology

Ocean reefs may have emerged 20 million years earlier than previously thought

Ocean reefs may have emerged 20 million years earlier than previously thought

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Bacteria that preserve fossils

The action of microorganisms may help preserve fragments of soft tissue

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Reptile controversy

Proposal alters the genealogical tree of dinosaurs and divides experts

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Bones removed from a mastodon suggest that there were hominids in California 130,000 years ago

Bones suggest that there were hominids in California 130,000 years ago

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Animals of Paraná

Fossils indicate the existence of fauna that lived 40 million years ago

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Reclassifying Dinosaurs

New proposal rearranges several dinosaurs on the family tree

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Archaeology

The peoples of Lagoa Santa

Human burial sites in Minas Gerais reveal a succession of customs from 10,000 to 8,000 years ago

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